| Tuesday, 29 June 2010 | |
| 16.00 - 18.00 | Registration |
| Wednesday, 30 June 2010 - At Empreudec auditorium [*] | |
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Registration |
| 9:00 - 9:10 | Welcome to SNG Seminar - Dr Alex Berg Executive Director CCTE-UDT |
| Session 1. Implementation of biogas projects | |
| Charmain: Owe Jönsson | |
| 9:10 | Dr Carsten Herbes, Nawaro - Germany |
| Energy crop-based biomethane production on an industrial scale – the example of German market leader Nawaro BioEnergie AG | |
| Owe Jönsson, E-On - Sweden | |
| European experience of biogas production, injection into the gas grid and use as vehicle fuel | |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Coffee break |
| 10:50 | Ian Nelson, Metrogas - Chile |
| Treatment and upgrading of biogas - Metrogas experience | |
| Gerardo Muñoz Chacón, Metrogas - Chile | |
| Proposed standard regarding biomethane in Chile | Karin von Osten, Ministerio de Energía - Gobierno de Chile |
| Non conventional renewable energies in Chile: biogas development challenges | |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | General discussion |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| Session 2. Gasification of biomass | |
| Chairman: Dr Ljubisa Radovic | |
| 13:30 | Dr Ljubisa Radovic, Pennsylvania State University - USA |
| Biomass gasification: what exactly is different from coal gasification? | |
| Robin Zwart, ECN - The Netherlands | |
| Development status as well as remaining RD&D needs for the production of SNG via biomass gasification | |
| 14.50 - 15:10 | Coffee break |
| Owe Jönsson, E-On - Sweden | |
| Medium scale biomass gasification for production of biomethane - Swedish experiences | |
| Dr Reinhard Rauch, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology - Austria | |
| Results on production of BioSNG from product gas of a dual fluidised bed steam gasifier | |
| 16:30 - 17:10 | María Mesonero Kromand, Departamento de Relaciones Internacionales, CONICYT - Chile |
| The European Union liaison office in CONICYT: Assisting researchers in applying to the European framework programmes | |
| 17:10 - 17:30 | General discussion |
| 20:00 | Official dinner |
| Thursday, 1 July 2010 - At Empreudec auditorium [*] | |
| Session 3. Catalysts for biomass gasification and biogas upgrading | |
| Chairman: Dr Patricio Ruíz | |
| 9:00 | Dr Patricio Ruíz, Université Catholique du Louvain - Belgium |
| New advances in the catalytic conversion of biomass gasification products into high added-value chemicals | |
| Dr Ximena García, University of Concepción - Chile | |
| Biomass gasification with potassium-based catalysts | |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | Coffee Break |
| Dr Atte Aho, Process Chemistry Centre, Åbo Akademi University - Finland | |
| Catalytic pyrolysis of biomass | |
| Dr Reinhard Rauch, Institute of Chemical Engineering , Vienna University of Technology - Austria | |
| Gas cleaning and treatment of product gas from dual fluidised steam gasification for CHP and synthesis applications | |
| Dr Frédéric Vogel, Catalytic Process Engineering Group, Paul Scherrer Institut - Switzerland | |
| Catalytic hydrothermal conversion of biomass to methane | |
| 12:40 - 13:10 | General discussion and closure |
| 13:20 - 14:20 | Lunch |
Edificio Empreudec - Contact person Mr Cristian Fuentes H. - Phone +56-41-266 18 20 - e-mail: crfuentes@udec.cl
